| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| imponderable |
unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. |
| intemperance |
lack of restraint in the indulgence of an appetite, especially the consumption of alcohol. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| recumbent |
lying down; reclining. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| stasis |
the state of equilibrium or balance between opposing forces; motionlessness. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| vouch |
to promise to be true, real, or correct (usually followed by "for"). |
| wizened |
shriveled or dried up. |